 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Joy,
and welcome to the site. It's actually a little confusing - there are 2 different types of staging and it also varies depending on where the cancer is located in the body.
The simple staging is Roman numerals I-IV, with Stage IV being the most advanced.
The "TMN" staging system has a lot more specific information and the one most likely that you will encounter.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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